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Description: Solitary Wanderer at Longmen

TitleSolitary Wanderer at Longmen

Creator nameNi Zan

Creator name (description)Attributed to Ni Zan

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1644–1911

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk on paper; mounted as a hanging scroll

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/42692.html?mulR=2075958509|1#

Accession number1929-40-172

SubjectsLandscape painting, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368Buddhist monksBrushwork

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Taiga and Landscape Painting: Translations and Transformations

Felice Fischer

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

The mid-eighteenth century in Japan was a time of political and social stability and economic prosperity. The Tokugawa family of military rulers (shoguns) was firmly ensconced in the new eastern capital of Edo as the de facto political power, while the emperor reigned as spiritual and cultural sovereign in the ancient imperial capital of Kyoto in western Japan. In order to keep a measure of...

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Felice Fischer

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.53-63

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00302.3

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Landscape painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868Sōtatsu-Kōrin SchoolPainting, Japanese--Chinese influences

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